When Dawn Breaks Chapter 18

"Before we enter any stores I want to lay down the rules." Rosalie told Alice, Charlotte and Bella as they stood in front of the mall. "This is not going to be a shopping spree. Bella needs some clothes and you need a dress Alice. So no going overboard."

"Don't worry Rosalie we know exactly what we are looking for. No one is going to go crazy with spending." Alice promised as she walked ahead of the group to the doors of the building.

Bella intertwined her fingers with Rosalie's. "It won't be that bad sweetheart, I mean there is only so many things to buy in there."

Rosalie held out her hand to Bella."Give me your wallet."

"What? Why do you want my wallet?" Bella asked as she handed Rosalie her wallet.

"You've never been to a mall before and you have never been shopping with Alice. Someone needs to reign both of you in." Rosalie told her as she put the wallet in her own pocket.

Bella chuckled. "You know if I were a less secure person I would say you are kind of controlling."

"You think I'm controlling?" Rosalie asked.

"No, I don't think you are controlling Rose." Bella placed a kiss on Rosalie's cheek." I think you are worried because I don't have that much experience with certain things. I also think you worry I will let Alice walk all over me and get me to buy everything she wants."

"Both of those things are true." Rosalie agreed. "Am I crossing a line? Should I just let you do what you want?"

Bella put her arm around Rosalie's shoulder and pulled her in close to her body. "No, I asked you to help me with this stuff. We are a partnership. It just so happens your role in this partnership is to help me gain a stronger backbone."

"Will you guys hurry up?" Alice's voice called out. Rosalie rolled her eyes as they walked up to the excited girl." OK, so I made a plan. We should start at top floor and work our way back here."

"How many stores are you planning on visiting?" Bella asked.

"WE." Alice drawled. "Are visiting almost all the stores but don't worry we can take food breaks so you don't get hungry."

"At least she remembered you need to eat." Rosalie said to Bella. "If you didn't have to we would just have been following her around reminding her to pretend to be human the whole time."

"Are you going to tell me where we are going on our date tonight so I know how to dress properly?" Alice asked.

Rosalie shook her head. "No, it's a surprise for you and my mate. Jasper and I already took care of all the details. You just need to dress as if you could get cold. So bundled up."

"Seriously, I couldn't get Jasper to tell me either." Alice huffed. "Bella, I love you but every time you are involved I can't see what's going to happen. So I have no clue about this date tonight."

"I thought you were happy to have Bella as a best friend? What happened to your excitement over all the surprises that were going to happen in your friendship?" Rosalie asked. "If I remember correctly you were so happy because life with Bella in it was going to be less boring and predictable."

"Of course I'm happy with all the surprises."Alice backtracked. "Bella has brought nothing but positive things to my life. I was merely saying I was frustrated not knowing what Jasper had planned for tonight. That has nothing to do with my love of Bella."

Charlotte laughed at Alice. "How about we get started on our shopping. We don't have that much time before you have to get ready for your date tonight."

"Good point. We need to hurry." Alice told them as she led them into the first store. Bella was already looking forward to lunch as she half jogged to keep up with the girl.

"Man, you weren't kidding about Alice's intensity when it came to shopping." Bella said when she finally convinced Alice a few hours later that she needed food.

Rosalie pulled out a chair for Bella to sit down at a table to eat her pile of hamburgers and fries. It wasn't the healthiest choice but she would make sure Bella ate some vegetables at dinner. She may be the Great White Tiger but they still didn't know if she was immortal so Rosalie wanted to made sure Bella wasn't just eating processed foods. Keeping her mate alive as long as she could was her number one priority. Having Bella eat more veggies was an easy way to do that.

"And you volunteered yourself for a day full of shopping with Alice alone." Rosalie reminded her.

"Ugh." Bella groaned. "I need to rethink that plan. There has to be a way to reign her in a bit."

Rosalie took the seat across from Bella. "Good luck with that my love because I was specifically asked to stay home and not come with the two of you."

"I'll figure something out that includes you."Bella said. "Maybe we can get Charlotte to come to."

"It will have to be pretty special for her to forgive you for bringing others along with you." Rosalie told her. "Alice is really looking forward to spending some time with just you."

Bella took a bite of her fourth burger. "I know but I think I can find a way to surprise her that she will be glad to share the experience with friends."

Rosalie rolled her eyes. "I know you will think of something extravagant that will make me grind my teeth at the cost of the whole thing."

"Awww." Bella cooed. "You know me so well sweetheart. I make no promises though. If you are involved then I want it to be special so you get a once in a lifetime experience."

"Bella. You don't have to spoil me."Rosalie took Bella's hand in her own."You do more than enough to make me feel loved. I don't need you to do things for me to prove that."

Bella smiled. "I know that and trust me I don't spoil you as much as I wish to. I know you wouldn't want that but if we are going to do something I want us to go all out because I haven't done a lot of stuff and it's fun to get to experience firsts with you."

"I also love experiencing firsts with you." Rosalie smirked. "I can think of a few that have been exceptionally satisfying."

Bella threw a napkin at her. "You always go to that perverted place. It's like all you think about is sex."

"Can you blame me?" Rosalie asked. "Have you seen how hot you are? Sometimes I find myself thinking about the next time we are going to have sex while I'm having sex with you. I can't help it."

Bella's face softened into a smile. "I love you."

"I love you too."Rosalie promised.

"Let's go get Alice." Bella began picking up her trash as Rosalie collected the shopping bags. "We have to get going if we want to be on time for our mystery date."

"Does it bother you not knowing where we are going?" Rosalie asked. "Because I can tell you if you really want."

Bella shook her head. "No, as long as you are the one giving them, I like surprises. Just promise me it will be romantic enough for Alice because I worry for poor Japser's safety if it isn't."

"I'm sure it will be fine." Rosalie laughed. "I asked him when the last time he took Alice on a date was and he said something about the 1940's. By the sound of it, it wasn't that romantic either."

"Then let's hope for a very romantic evening where Jasper sweeps Alice off her feet." Bella said as she threw her trash away and walked with Rosalie to go find Alice and Charlotte.